St. Gallen - Switzerland

Recently I had a nice day in St. Gallen (Switzerland) - but let's begin with the night in a remarkable little hotel: Hotel am Ring
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Ubuntu

Screenshot: this is the desktop of my new Xubuntu-OS
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Bolzano/Bozen - Runkelstein

Castel Runkelstein this morning
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Roma - Foro di Traiano

Traian's Forum
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View from Traian's Forum towards Via dei Fori Imperiali (above) and towards Piazza Venezia (below)

Update 2007/10/16: in the background, on the right, you can see the cupola of St. Peter's, distant 2,5 km

(more on St. Peter's: have a look at Wikipedia and/or see this picture I took on 2005 May 19).

Roma - Foro di Traiano

Exhibition of sculptures by Kan Yasuda in Traian's Forum.
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Roma - Terme di Diocleziano

Roma, Terme di Diocleziano
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Dolomites - Primiero

Castel Pietra

Sheep in Pradidali Valley

Statue at the entrance of the Pradidali Valley

"Genus Cervus", international conference in Tonadico (more).

Dolomites - rifugio Pradidali

Some view from rifugio Pradidali (2278m).
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Dolomites - Primiero

Hiking in the Val Pradidali towards the rifugio Pradidali (image below). The peak behind the rifugio is the Pala di San Martino, 2982 m.
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Gherdëina Valley (Val Gardena/Groeden)

This is Bulla; below you see the Sasslonch/Langkofel/Sasso Lungo 3178m, one of the major peaks of the Dolomites.
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Gherdëina Valley (Val Gardena/Groeden)

Old houses
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Gherdëina Valley (Val Gardena/Groeden)

Higher up in the valley: a totem

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Ostfriesland (North Sea)

After sunset (near Berdum)
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Ostfriesland (North Sea)

The tiny hamlet Ziallerns

Here I encountered two exemplars of Scottish Highland Cattle
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Ostfriesland (North Sea)

Cycling in Ostfriesland

Cycling on the dykes. Hundreds of sheep are grazing and contribute to the maintenance of the dykes (I counted thousand - but don't rely on that).
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